13-letter words containing b, o, k, u
- aluminum book — (publication) Due to a technical screwup some printings of the second edition are actually what the author calls "yucky green". See also book titles.
- auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
- back mutation — the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
- backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
- backgrounding — Present participle of background.
- backing group — a group of musicians providing an instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
- balloon chuck — a lathe chuck having the form of a hollow hemisphere, for enclosing and holding small parts, as balance staffs of watches, so that only their ends are exposed.
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
- banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
- banking house — a more formal term for a bank
- bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
- black buffalo — a buffalofish, Ictiobus niger, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainage systems south to Mexico.
- black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
- blue grosbeak — a grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea, of the U.S., Mexico, and Central America, the male of which is blue with two rusty bars on each wing.
- blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- book of hours — a book used esp in monasteries during the Middle Ages that contained the prayers and offices of the canonical hours
- boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
- break through — If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.
- breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
- bunko steerer — a swindler, especially a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated.
- buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
- butcher block — designating or of a thick slab made by gluing together strips of hardwood, as maple or oak, used for counter and table tops, etc.
- butter cookie — Cookery. a plain cookie whose chief ingredients are butter, flour, and sugar.
- chukka (boot) — an ankle-high bootlike shoe, usually with two or three pairs of eyelets
- cross-buttock — a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- double wicket — cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.
- double-booked — to overbook by accepting more than one reservation for the same hotel room, airplane seat, etc.
- double-decker — something with two decks, tiers, or the like, as two beds one above the other, a ship with two decks above the water line, or a bus with two decks.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- housebreakers — Plural form of housebreaker.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- jebel toubkal — a mountain in SW Morocco: highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. 13,671 feet (4167 meters).
- judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
- keep on about — If you say that someone keeps on about something, you mean that they keep talking about it in a boring way.
- kennebunkport — a town in SW Maine: summer resort.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- kota kinabalu — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- kuskokwim bay — an inlet of the Bering Sea in Alaska. Length: about 160 km (100 miles)
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
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